- The
Pentastomida are an
enigmatic group of
parasitic arthropods commonly known as
tongue worms due to the
resemblance of the
species of the
genus Linguatula...
- a
class of
parasitic crustaceans. It is
composed of two subclasses;
Pentastomida and Branchiura. They
mainly parasitize various vertebrates and feed on...
- into four lineages:
Oligostraca (Ostracoda, Mystacocarida, Branchiura,
Pentastomida),
Vericrustacea (Malacostraca, Thecostraca, Copepoda, Branchiopoda),...
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Armillifer grandis is a
species of
tongue worm in the
subclass Pentastomida found in
tropical Central and West Africa. Its
typical definitive hosts are...
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Crustacea Ostracoda (seed shrimps)
Mystacocarida Pentastomida (tongue worms)
Branchiura (fish lice)
Malacostraca (woodlice, shrimps, crayfish, lobsters...
- Thecostraca, Tantulocarida, Mystacocarida, Copepoda,
Branchiura and
Pentastomida). The
following cladogram shows the
updated relationships between the...
- shrimp,
water fleas, and clam shrimp)
Cephalocarida (horseshoe shrimp)
Pentastomida (tongue worms)
Branchiura (fish lice)
Mystacocarida Copepoda Ostracoda...
- They are able to
switch hosts several times even as adults.
Subclass Pentastomida (tongue worms):
Vermiform endoparasites. The
larvae develops in the tissues...
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Arthropods are
invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton, a
segmented body, and
paired jointed appendages.
Arthropods form the
phylum Arthropoda. They...
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Within the
pancrustacean crown-group, only Malacostraca,
Branchiopoda and
Pentastomida have
Cambrian fossil records.
Crustacean fossils are
common from the...
